Four players took more shots in Saturday's loss to the Atlanta Hawks than Hassan Whiteside. Of that quartet, only Dwyane Wade made more than half his shots. None were as efficient as Whiteside.
Acknowledged largely as a robo-rebounding presence to...

Observations from Friday night's 104-102 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center:
-- Unacceptable.
-- Dwyane Wade can't dribble out the clock and hoist a 3-pointer at the buzzer in a two-point game.
-- It was not fair to...

In his first Miami Heat act, Michael Beasley was the consolation prize, as the No. 2 pick in the 2008 NBA Draft by behind Derrick Rose. In his second, he was a novelty, to see if he could fit alongside LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, while...

A look at the starting lineups, inactives, referees and a pregame note of note for Friday's 8 game between the Heat and Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center (TV: Sun Sports, ESPN. Radio: 790-AM, 104.3-FM, 106.3-FM, 710-AM-Spanish), with Michael Beasley in...

When/Where: 8 p.m., Smoothie King Center, New Orleans.
TV: Sun Sports, ESPN. Radio: 790-AM, 104.3-FM, 106.5-FM, 710-AM (Spanish).
Scouting report: The Heat are coming off Wednesday's improbable 93-90 overtime victory in Orlando, when they rallied from eight down with 42 seconds left in regulation on a pair of 3-pointers from 10-day forward Henry Walker. The Heat won despite shooting just .381 from the field and 6 of 31 on 3-pointers . . . The victory lifted the Heat to 15-15 on the road, compared to...

Because of luxury-tax implications, the Miami Heat may have to bypass spending the entire $2.65 million salary-cap exception received for Josh McRoberts' knee injury.
While the Heat have until March 10 to spend the disabled-player exception, their recent salary-cap machinations left them less than $1.4 million below the 2014-15 luxury-tax line of $76.8 million.
While their 2015 luxury-tax payment would be minimal by spending the entire $2.65 million exception, it would reset the Heat's luxury-tax...

Observations from Saturday night's 105-91 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans at AmericanAirlines Arena:
-- No matter the mix, the home struggles continue.
-- This was another night when the crowd was better than the team it supported.
-- The Heat have to find scoring somewhere.
-- And in their current state, the Heat have to get more out of Luol Deng.
-- Playing as a complementary player may no longer be enough from Deng.
-- For extended stretches Saturday, the Heat looked like the Knicks did...

For the first time since Tim Hardaway, the Miami Heat can finally say they have an elite point guard.
On Saturday, the team introduced Goran Dragic, who it acquired earlier this week before the trade dealing. Dragic and his brother, Zoran, are the latest Heat additions.
"We're very excited about this day," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "This is something we've been working on for a while … We're obviously thrilled to have this transaction and looking forward to the next 29 games."
Goran...

There used to be a cushion for nights such as these, when a roster is being reshuffled following the trade deadline, when illness deals a shocking blow to the rotation.
This season's Miami Heat have no such leeway, which is why Saturday night's 105-91 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans at AmericanAirlines Arena particularly stung.
With incoming guards Goran Dragic and Zoran Dragic introduced hours earlier, and with the team announcing shortly thereafter that Chris Bosh would be lost for the season...

Goran Dragic wants to offer more. Erik Spoelstra wants to make sure that happens.
In the wake of Dragic's whirlwind arrival and Saturday debut in the Miami Heat's 105-91 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans at AmericanAirlines Arena, both Dragic and Spoelstra said the next challenge is to hit the reset button.
Sunday, that had both the coach and his new starting point guard back in the gym at AmericanAirlines Arena, trying to fast-track the adjustment.
"One of my biggest priorities will be to make Goran...